Where My Blackberry Memory Goes

Have you wondered what data eats your Application Memory, why over time your Blackberry seems getting slower or why now your Blackberry requests a battery pull / reset more often than before. Of course this can be caused by a lot of things such as new application installed, or some changes in application settings and many more. One way to check is by checking your Blackberry Database Sizes. You can accomplish this by going to Options > Status, press Blackberry menu and select Database Sizes. Afterwards it will display a list of database with its sizes.


Here is the description of each Database, so you can know which database use the most of your Application Memory

Database	Functionality
Address Book	Stores the contents of the Address Book.
Address Book Options	Stores Address Book settings.
Alarm Options	Stores the settings for the Alarm program.
Attachment Data	Stores attachments that have been viewed on the device.
Attachment Options	Stores user-defined settings for the Attachment Viewer.
AutoText	Contains the dictionary for automatic substitution of commonly misspelled words while you type. For example, adn > and.
Browser Bookmarks	Contains the bookmarks for web pages in the Browser application. Browser Channels Lists the channels the Browser is subscribed to. For example, weather updates.
Browser Data Cache	Holds cached data from the Browser.
Browser Folders	Allows sorting bookmarks into various folders.
Browser Options	Contains Browser setting information.
Browser Push Options	Contains push content settings for the BlackBerry Browser.
Browser URLs	Contains a list of the URLs that have been typed into the Browser on the device.
Calendar	Stores the contents of the Calendar.
Calendar Options	Stores Calendar settings.
Categories	Allows you to sort various Addresses, Appointments, Tasks and Memos by category.
Content Store	Contains pictures and other content stored on the device.
CustomWordsCollection Default Service Selector	Stores the custom word list on the 7100 series handhelds. Defines the default message service.
Email Filters	Holds the settings for filters applied to incoming messages to the device.
Email Settings	Defines the way messages are sent and received on the device.
Firewall Options	Enables or disables the firewall. Folder Id Determines which folder a message is filed to.
Folders	Lists the user-created folders in the Inbox.
Handheld Agent	Contains diagnostic information about the device.
Handheld Key Store	Securely stores encryption keys for encrypted communication and signing.
Key Store Options	Configures options for the Handheld Key Store
MemoPad Options	Stores MemoPad settings.
Memos	Contains the memos stored on the device.
Message List Options	Defines the way Messages are displayed in the Messages application.
Messages	Contains all the messages on the device.
Options	Stores miscellaneous configuration options.
Phone Call Logs	Logs phone calls made to and from the device.
Phone Hotlist	Stores the list of phone numbers on the device.
Phone Options	Stores Phone settings
Policy	Stores the IT Policy for the device.
Profiles	Contains the various device alerts. For example, a vibration for a new calendar appointment, or a tone when a new message arrives.
Profiles Options	Selects the current profile for device alerts.
Purged Messages	Contains a reference for messages deleted from the device.
Quick Contacts	Stores telephone numbers in the Speed Dial list.
Random Pool	Stores numbers to securely generate random numbers for encryption.
Recipient Cache	Contains encryption profiles for the people you communicate with.
Ribbon Bar Positions	Sets the sequence of icons for the home screen of the device.
RMS Databases	Stores information about registered applications.
Service Book	Stores all the service books that allow the device to access various services.
SMS Messages	Contains Short Message System (SMS) messages sent to and from the BlackBerry.
Tasks	Lists the Task items on the BlackBerry device.
TLS Options	Configures Transport Layer Security settings.
Trusted Key Store	Contains the Trusted Keys for the device.
WAP Push Messages	Contains information from Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) push services.
WTLS Options	Contains settings for Wireless Transport Layer Security.

The list above is taken from Blackberry Knowledge Base. From this, you can know whether it is your data that occupies most of your Application Memory or there are others more hindering.

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Vodacom goes red like Vodafone

Ive always wondered if Vodacom would ever adopt the Vodafone branding and yesterday it happened! Vodacom has rebranded to align themselves more obviously with Vodafone who now own 65% of this South African mobile services provider. Vodacom has retained their name (Vodafone + Telkom from the old days) but its been updated to the Vodafone type face and quote logo. The Vodacom blue has also been replaced with racy Vodafone Red.

Hopefully the new look and feel wont require much more than a few cosmetic changes to the Vodacom website on the back of the Vodacom4me migration, however Vodacom is promising that the rebrand will come with much more than some new lipstick and will accompany many welcome improvements including network upgrades and customer service enhancements. I think the new look is awesome! and I am looking forward to all the new changes. @Vodacom is doing a great job on responding to all sorts of customer queries about the new look on Twitter and I caught this historic image of the old Vodacom logo while it was still cached in Vodacoms Twitter feed, capturing a little piece of Vodacoms brand evolution...

DefZA is in the process of updating his free SMS website to make use of vodacom.co.za since vodacom4me.co.za is now officially offline.

Free082SMS.co.za has also been updated to cope with the new website changes. The new Red Vodacom website at www.vodacom.co.za went down (understandably) as I was typing this post, but I was surprised by this very decent Vodacom maintenance page, which is a welcome improvement on any Vodacom error pages I have seen before.

Hopefully this is a sign of things to come, even if it means Vodacom is only going to start dealing with problems in a more elegant manner - A welcome change, even if they will not be retiring Mo the Meercat.

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